/lit/ - Literature

>>3480724

>dat filename

Since I know how much you guys <3 him

it'd be better if people asked for specific ones, i think

Is there a DFW one floating around anywhere?

>Ulysses after Finnegans Wake
Nope.
Joyce is best read chronologically.

>I want to try and pick up English majors
>I want to try and pick up
>try and pick up
>AND

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>>3480946

I've never actually read any DFW so I can't help you there. Perhaps some other anon can throw one together.

>>3480955

They were meant to be joke options

>>3480946
I can't be bothered to make a chart but start with Brief Interviews then A Supposedly Fun Thing then Infinite Jest. Save The Pale King for later.

>>3480992

What about his short stories and non-fiction? Are they worth reading?

>>3480992

What about his short-stories and non-fiction? Are they worth reading?

>>3481000
>short-stories
That's Brief Interviews.
>and non-fiction
That's A Supposedly Fun Thing.

/You should include all of his works.

>>3481000
I enjoy them, though they can be hit and miss. Good Old Neon (which is in Oblivion) is just as good as his longer stuff and if I had to recommend a particular short to start with it'd be that.

>>3481004
Girl with the curious hair is the only thing worth a shit he's done. At least recommend it for shorts

>>3480835
>tfw I actually like Tao Lin, not ironically or out of spite because /lit/ doesn't like him

bumping for more charts

>>3480977
>>3480724
It's odd that no one ever mentions the play he wrote or the book of poetry he published. I haven't read either, but I still think they should be included somewhere in his chronology.

>>3482208
The poetry sucks.

Why haven't we made one of these for philosophy?

>>3482208
As mentioned, the poetry is bad. The play is worse. But the chart should include Stephen Hero (the posthumously published autobiography) and the Ellman bio as a supplement.

>>3482276
it would be incredibly long if it were gonna be any good.

>>3482287
We could boil down each one's principles into their simplest forms.

>>3480835
but Richard Yates is awful, people should start with Eeeee Eee Eeee

>>3480835
>>3482308
Yeah don't start with Richard Yates, that's his least accessible book.

Dubliners was boring as fuck.

>>3481008
Good Old Neon was fantastic. I think by far probably the worst thing in Oblivion, though, was either Oblivion itself (the others were quite funny, but Oblivion was genuinely sort of a slog listening to someone talk about his "sleep issues") or perhaps Another Pioneer, which was pretty heavy-handed with its message and not very engaging. I actually liked Mister Squishy and The Suffering Channel a lot, even if they were perhaps just a little too long.

>>3480992

How about this

>>3482359
I actually thought "Another Pioneer" was one of the strongest in the collection, behind "Good Old Neon" (obviously) and "The Suffering Channel". "Incarnations of Burned Children" is incredibly striking and robust for something so short, too.

"Mister Squishy" I don't think I got. It was a brave choice to make it the first story in the book, because in my opinion it's one of the least reader friendly things DFW wrote.

>>3482393
Seems about right, mate. Though _Both Flesh and Not_ should probably be reserved for fanboys who are truly determined to read everything he ever published, as it's not very good.

>>3482393

IJ should be read before TPK

>>3482427
It is. TPK is the end of that line, just after "why did this genius have to die so young?"

After reading up on some of those letters, I am not sure if I will be able to read Joyce with a straight face again.

>>3482441
personally i'm not sure if my penis will ever be flaccid again

>>3482444
this

>>3482433

oh ok I see it now. my fault

>>3480835

Can't believe someone wasted their time to make this

>>3482460
keep in mind its not that much of a waste relative to what /lit/izens mostly use their time for.

>>3480724
Should I really follow this image?

>>3480977
>joke options

Really? I don't know what to believe

>>3482466

Follow this one >>3480977

>>3482393

My version. 1 million hours in GIMP.

>>3482490

What's wrong with Paint?

I've only read 'Supposedly fun thing...'

Am i ready for IJ now?

>>3482489
Thanks, looking forward to some good reading.

>>3482256
Is this a good chart? Didn't know where to go from Godot. Are all the ones here plays?

>>3482506
Just start reading the book if you are interested in it. I noticed that the book always gets posted on /lit/ and one day I simply bought a copy of it and started reading it. It is a great book and I can highly recommand it.

>>3482506
If you enjoy his style, sure. Infinite Jest is not that difficult, just polarising -- which is why I always suggest sampling his short stories or essays before diving into it head first.

>>3482521

I find reading his shorts a really bad idea (just sayin') because they're so much more fixated on being technical than his novels or non-fiction.

I think each strand of Wallace's writing is actually pretty unique (in terms of how he wrote).

His "best" stuff is in his novels, his most flashy stuff is in his shorts, and his non-fiction is somewhere in between.

>>3482276
I've seen this. Maybe good?

>>3482276
Not made by myself, but it was posted on /lit/ before I think. Looks pretty good to me.

It is only western philosophy tough.

http://www.mindmeister.com/de/23290325/western-philosophy

more OC

>>3482551
can't read shit

>>3482807
It's the cover of a book.

>>3482760

Good, but would think someone, as an intro, should read Botchan ahead of Sanshiro.